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Thursday, 3 September 2026
13 facts about tears
13 facts about tears
Multipurpose liquid
Associated with emotions, tears are a product of lacrimal glands, found in the eyes of most terrestrial vertebrates. Although their primary function i ...

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Aurora
It is believed that the aurora phenomenon may occur on all other extrasolar planets that have a magnetic field and a magnetosphere exposed to stellar winds.
The resolution of the telescopes does not make it possible to capture an image of this phenomenon, but the emission of radio waves accompanying the aurora can be detected using radio telescopes.
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Phobos
The surface of Phobos is covered with streaks and ditches approximately 30 meters deep, 200 meters wide, and up to 20 km long.
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Earth
The lithosphere is the outermost covering of the Earth.
It is made of tectonic plates that are constantly moving. Earthquakes may occur in zones where these ...
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Mushrooms
They can be very expensive.
The most valuable mushrooms are the white truffles. For a 1.5 kg specimen was paid 330,000$.
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Amber
Amber comes in various shapes and a wide range of shades.
Shapes resemble raindrops, rods, or lenses, and vary in shades of yellow, red, orange, brown, and even white opaque. Approximately 300 colors have been cataloged up to this day.
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Fungi
The fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis can take over ants.
Cordyceps species are parasitic fungi that live on animals - insect larvae or spiders - using them a ...
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Amber
Amber often contains remains of insects, crustaceans, spiders, as well as plants.
The genetic material of organisms trapped within the amber is dissolved, so there is no possibility of recreating millennia-old creatures, such as dinosaurs, plainly out of the remnants from amber.
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Mushrooms
Mycelium may become visible to the naked eye, for example, on various surfaces and substrates such as damp walls or spoiled food.
Myceliums grown on solid substrates are referred to as colonies. Some individual colonies can reach ...
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Silver
Attempts are being made to create a silver membrane that would separate oxygen from air, taking advantage of the fact that oxygen is easily absorbed by silver.
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Graphene
Polish science contributed to the discovery and revolutionization of graphene production methods.
The key date is 2011 when the Institute of Electronic Materials Technology together with the Faculty ...
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17 facts about Titan
17 facts about Titan
The largest of Saturn’s satellites
Titan is the only moon in the Solar System with such a dense atmosphere. It is the second largest moon in the Solar System after Ganymede (Jupiter III ...
18 facts about amber
18 facts about amber
Fossilized tree resin
Amber is one of the most interesting natural products. It looks like a gemstone, but it is a fossilized tree resin from ancient trees dating back mill ...
16 facts about liver
16 facts about liver
24/7 laboratory
The liver is one of the most essential human organs. It is extensively multitasking—it produces, filtrates, converts, and stores. It is thanks to the ...
29 facts about NASA
29 facts about NASA
For the Benefit of All
The Cold War, although a grim period in world history, brought an intense rivalry in a space race between the U.S., and the Soviet Union. As a result, ...
16 facts about Aurora
16 facts about Aurora
Northern light that has delighted people for centuries
Auroras can be different. Sometimes it is bright and dancing, shimmering with different colors, sometimes it appears still. It has always fascinated p ...
19 facts about Brain
19 facts about Brain
Organic supercomputer
The brain is one of the most important and most fascinating and complex organs in the human body. It is an incredibly plastic command center that over ...
16 facts about Phobos
16 facts about Phobos
The larger of two moons of Mars
We do not know the exact origin of this satellite. We know, however, that it is dangerously close to its planet and is in for a catastrophe. It is not ...
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